He aha nā Puranas ma ka hoʻomana Hindu?

ʻO nā Puranas nā moʻolelo Hindu kahiko e hoʻomaikaʻi ana i nā akua like ʻole o ka pantheon Hindu ma o nā moʻolelo akua. Ua hiki nō ke ʻākana ʻia nā puke nui e pili ana i ka inoa ʻo Purana i ka papa like o ka ʻ Itlani 'Itihasas' a i ʻole moʻolelo - ka Ramayana a me ka Mahabharata, a manaʻoʻiʻo ʻia nā mea like mai nā papa hoʻomana kū like o kēia mau ʻoihana i nā huahana maikaʻi loa o ke kaʻao kūlohelohe. -ʻaʻike manaʻoʻiʻo Hindu.

ʻO ke kumu o nā puranas
ʻOiai ʻo ka Puranas e hōʻike i kekahi o nā ʻano o nā ʻolelo nui, ua lilo lākou i kekahi manawa ma hope aku a hāʻawi i kahi "hōʻike hou ʻia a pili ʻole i ka ʻano a me nā moʻomeheu mōʻaukala." Ua haʻi ʻo Horace Hayman Wilson, i unuhi i kekahi Puranas i ka ʻōlelo Pelekane i ka makahiki 1840, "hāʻawi lākou i nā hiʻohiʻona kūikawā o ka wehewehe o kēia wā hou, i loko o ka manaʻo nui ke hāʻawi nei lākou i nā akua pilikino, i nā ʻano like ʻole ... o nā moʻolelo hou e hōʻike ana i ka mana a me ka lokomaikaʻi o kēlā mau akua ... "

ʻO nā hiʻohiʻona 5 o ka Puranas
Wahi a Swami Sivananda, hiki ke ʻike ʻia ka Puranas e "Pancha Lakshana" a i ʻole ʻelima mau ʻano a lākou e loaʻa ai: ka mōʻaukala; cosmology, pinepine me nā kiʻikuhi hōʻailona e pili ana i nā loina a filosofia; hoʻomohala ʻokoʻa; kuauhau o na alii; a me "Manvantara" a i mau manawa o ka noho aliʻi ʻana a Manu e pili ana iā 71 lani Yugas a i ʻole 306,72 miliona mau makahiki. No ka hui ʻo Puranas, he "Suhrit-Samhitas", a i ʻole ʻae mau i ka mana, ka mea i ʻokoʻa nui i ka mana mai ka Vedas, ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo "Prabhu-Samhitas" a i ʻole nā ​​kuʻikahi he nui.

ʻO ke kumu ʻo Puranas
Aia ka Puranas i ke ʻano o ka Vedas a kākau ʻia e hoʻolaha i nā manaʻo i loko o ka Vedas. ʻAʻole lākou i ʻike no nā loea, akā no nā poʻe maʻamau e hiki ʻole i ka mea maopopo ʻole ke kumu kiʻekiʻe o ka Vedas. ʻO ke kumu o ka Puranas e hoʻoweliweli i nā aʻo ʻana o nā Vedas ma nā manaʻo o nā masa a e hoʻomāhala iā lākou i ka hoʻomana ʻana i ke Akua, ma o nā kumu lāʻau, nā moʻolelo, nā moʻolelo, nā moʻolelo, nā ola o nā haipule, nā aliʻi a me nā kāne nui, nā manaʻo a me nā moʻolelo o nā hanana nui. . ^ E Ha yM. Ua hoʻohana nā mea ʻuhane i kēia mau kiʻi i mea e hōʻike aku ai i nā kumu mau loa o ka ʻōnaehana manaʻo i lilo i ʻike ʻoi ʻo Hindu. Ua kōkua ʻo Puranas i nā kāhuna e hāʻawi i nā kamaʻilio hoʻomana i loko o nā hale pule a ma nā kahe o nā muliwai paia, a makemake nui ka poʻe e hoʻolohe i kēia mau moʻolelo. ʻAʻole kēia piha i ka ʻikepili o nā ʻano like ʻole, akā hoihoi maikaʻi ʻia ka heluhelu ʻana. I kēia ʻano,

ʻO ka ʻano a me ka mea kākau o ka Puranas
Kuhi mua ʻia ʻo Puranas ma ke ʻano o ka hana kūkākūkā ma kahi o kahi mea i hoʻopuka ai kekahi i kekahi moʻolelo e pane i nā nīnau a kekahi. ʻO ka mea moʻolelo nui o ka Puranas ʻo Romaharshana, he haumāna iā Vyasa, ʻo kāna hana nui ka haʻi ʻana i nā mea āna i aʻo ai mai kāna kumu aʻo, e like me kāna i lohe ai i nā ʻano ʻē aʻe. ʻAʻole hiki iā Vyasa ke hoʻopili ʻia me ka moʻolelo kaulana ʻo Veda Vyasa, akā he kumu hoʻohālike generic, a ʻo Puranas ka nui, ʻo Krishna Dwaipayana, ke keiki o ka puna nui ʻo Parasara a me ka kumu o ka Vedas.

ʻO ka 18 puranas nui
He 18 nui o Puranas a me kahi hui like o Puranas a i Upa-Puranas a me nā hui 'sthala' a i Puranas paha. Ma nā huaʻōlelo 18 nui, ʻeono ʻo Sattvic Purana nāna e hoʻonani iā ​​Vishnu; ʻeono ʻo Rajasic a hoʻonani iā ​​Brahma; a ʻeono nā ʻalemena a hoʻonani iā ​​Shiva. Kāpili ʻia lākou ma ka moʻolelo ma ka papa inoa o Puranas.

ʻO Vishnu Purana
Naradya Purana
Bhagavat Purana
Garuda Purana
Padma Purana
Brahma Purana
Varaha Purana
Brahmanda Purana
Brahma Vaivarta Purana
ʻO Markandeya Purana
ʻO Bhavishya Purana
Vamana Purana
Matsya Purana
Kurma Purana
Linga Purana
ʻO Shiva Purana
Skanda Purana
Agni Puranas
ʻO ka Puranas kaulana loa
ʻO ka hapa mua o nā Puranas he Srimad Bhagavata Purana a me Vishnu Purana. I ka kaulana, e hāhai ana i ka ʻōlelo like. ʻO kahi ʻāpana o ka Markandeya Purana i ʻike maikaʻi ʻia e nā Hindus e like me Chandi a i ʻo Devimahatmya. ʻO ke ʻano moʻomeheu o ke Akua ke Akua Manaʻo. Ua heluhelu nui ʻia ʻo Chandi e nā Hindus i nā lā laʻa a i nā lā o Navaratri (Durga Puja).

ʻO ka ʻike e pili ana iā Shiva Purana a me Vishnu Purana
Ma Shiva Purana, ʻike pinepine ʻia, hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia ʻo Shiva e Vishnu, i hōʻike ʻia i kekahi manawa me ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa. Ma Vishnu Purana, ʻike ʻia ka mea e ʻike ʻia: mahalo ʻia ʻo Vishnu e pili ana iā Shiva, ka mea e hōʻole pinepine ʻia. ʻOiai kekahi o ka ʻokoʻa hoʻowahāwahā i hōʻike ʻia i kēia Puranas, ua manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo Shiva lāua ʻo Vishnu i hoʻokahi. E like me ka hōʻike ʻana a Wilson: “ʻO Shiva lāua ʻo Vishnu, ma ke ʻano hoʻokahi, ua ʻaneʻane wale nō nā mea e kamaʻilio nei i ka hoʻomana o nā akua ma Puranas; ka haʻalele ʻana mai ka moʻomeheu a me ka hana pilikino o ka Vedas a hōʻike i kahi ʻano sekta a me ka exclusivity ... ʻAʻohe o lākou mana no ka manaʻo hoʻomana Hindu i ka holoʻokoʻa: he mau alakaʻi kūikawā no nā lālā hoʻokaʻawale a me nā manawa kūleʻa o ia, i hoʻopili ʻia no ke kumu maopopo o ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka makemake, a i kekahi mau hihia wale nō,

Koho ʻia ma nā ʻōlelo a Sri Swami Sivananda